List of United States Senators from Mississippi

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List of United States Senators from Mississippi

Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 2. Its current senators are Republicans Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker.

1 Class 1
2 Class 2
3 See also

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Walter Leake	Democratic-Republican	December 10, 1817– May 15, 1820	Governor of Mississippi	15	1	Elected in 1817 Resigned
1	Walter Leake	Democratic-Republican	December 10, 1817– May 15, 1820	Governor of Mississippi	16		Elected in 1817 Resigned
			May 15, 1820– August 30, 1820
2	David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	August 30, 1820– September 25, 1825	Governor of Mississippi Territory, Governor of Mississippi			Elected to finish Leake's term
		Jackson Republican			17	2	Elected to full term in 1821 Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi
					18
					19
			September 25, 1825– September 28, 1825
3	Powhatan Ellis	Jacksonian	September 28, 1825– January 28, 1826	Mississippi Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, U.S. Minister to Mexico			Appointed to continue Holmes's term Lost election to finish term
4	Thomas Buck Reed	Jacksonian	January 28, 1826– March 4, 1827	Also served in Mississippi's Class 2 seat, Mississippi Attorney General			Lost election to full term
5	Powhatan Ellis	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827– July 16, 1832	Mississippi Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, U.S. Minister to Mexico	20	3	Elected in 1827 Resigned
					21
					22
			July 16, 1832– November 12, 1832
6	John Black	Jacksonian	November 12, 1832– March 3, 1833	Mississippi Supreme Court			Appointed to finish Ellis's term
			March 3, 1833– November 22, 1833		23	4	Legislature failed to elect
	John Black	Anti-Jacksonian	November 22, 1833– January 22, 1838		23		Elected late in 1833 Resigned
		Anti-Jacksonian			24
		Whig			25
7	James F. Trotter	Democratic	January 22, 1838– July 10, 1838	Mississippi House of Representatives, Mississippi Senate, Circuit Court of Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court			Appointed to continue Black's term Resigned
			July 10, 1838– November 12, 1838
8	Thomas Hickman Williams	Democratic	November 12, 1838– March 4, 1839				Appointed to continue Black's term Elected to finish Black's term
9	John Henderson	Whig	March 4, 1839– March 4, 1845	Mississippi Senate	26	5	Elected in 1839
					27
					28
10	Jesse Speight	Democratic	March 4, 1845– May 1, 1847	U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina, Mississippi Senate	29	6	Elected in 1844 Died
10	Jesse Speight	Democratic	March 4, 1845– May 1, 1847		30		Elected in 1844 Died
			May 1, 1847– August 10, 1847
11	Jefferson Davis	Democratic	August 10, 1847– September 23, 1851	U.S. Secretary of War, Confederate States President			Appointed to continue Speight's term Elected to finish Speight's term
					31
					32	7	Elected to full term in 1850 Resigned to run for Governor of Mississippi
			September 23, 1851– December 1, 1851
12	John J. McRae	Democratic	December 1, 1851– March 17, 1852	Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, Governor of Mississippi, U.S. House of Representatives, Confederate States House of Representatives			Appointed to continue Davis's term Successor elected
13	Stephen Adams	Democratic	March 17, 1852– March 4, 1857	Tennessee Senate, U.S. House of Representatives			Elected to finish Davis's term
					33
					34
14	Jefferson Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1857– January 21, 1861	U.S. Secretary of War, Confederate States President	35	8	Elected in 1857 Resigned
14	Jefferson Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1857– January 21, 1861	U.S. Secretary of War, Confederate States President	36		Elected in 1857 Resigned
			January 21, 1861– February 23, 1870		36		American Civil War and Reconstruction
					37
					38	9
					39
					40
					41	10
15	Adelbert Ames	Republican	February 23, 1870– January 10, 1874	Governor of Mississippi	41		Elected in 1870 to complete vacant term Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi
					42
					43
			January 10, 1874– February 3, 1874
16	Henry R. Pease	Republican	February 3, 1874– March 4, 1875	Mississippi Superintendent of Education, South Dakota Senate			Elected to finish Ames's term Retired
17	Blanche Bruce	Republican	March 4, 1875– March 4, 1881	Register of the Treasury	44	11	Elected in 1874
					45
					46
18	James Z. George	Democratic	March 4, 1881– August 14, 1897	Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, Mississippi Supreme Court	47	12	Elected in 1881
					48
					49
					50	13	Re-elected in 1887
					51
					52
					53	14	Re-elected in 1893 Died
					54
					55
			August 14, 1897– October 8, 1897
19	Hernando Money	Democratic	October 8, 1897– March 4, 1911	U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed to finish George's Term
					56	15	Elected to full term in 1899
					57
					58
					59	16	Re-elected in 1905 Retired
					60
					61
20	John Sharp Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1911– March 4, 1923	U.S. House of Representatives, Minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives	62	17	Elected in 1910
					63
					64
					65	18	Re-elected in 1916 Retired
					66
					67
21	Hubert D. Stephens	Democratic	March 4, 1923– January 3, 1935	U.S. House of Representatives, Reconstruction Finance Corporation	68	19	Elected in 1922
					69
					70
					71	20	Re-elected in 1928 Lost renomination
					72
					73
22	Theodore G. Bilbo	Democratic	January 3, 1935– August 21, 1947	Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, Governor of Mississippi	74	21	Elected in 1934
					75
					76
					77	22	Re-elected in 1940
					78
					79
					80	23	Re-elected in 1946 Died
			August 21, 1947– November 5, 1947
23	John C. Stennis	Democratic	November 5, 1947– January 3, 1989	U.S. House of Representatives, President pro tempore			Elected to finish Bilbo's term
					81
					82
					83	24	Elected to full term in 1952
					84
					85
					86	25	Re-elected in 1958
					87
					88
					89	26	Re-elected in 1964
					90
					91
					92	27	Re-elected in 1970
					93
					94
					95	28	Re-elected in 1976
					96
					97
					98	29	Re-elected in 1982 Retired
					99
					100
24	Trent Lott	Republican	January 3, 1989– December 18, 2007	U.S. House of Representatives, House Republican Whip, Senate Republican Whip, Senate Republican Leader	101	30	Elected in 1988
					102
					103
					104	31	Re-elected in 1994
					105
					106
					107	32	Re-elected in 2000
					108
					109
					110	33	Re-elected in 2006 Resigned
			December 18, 2007– December 31, 2007
25	Roger Wicker	Republican	December 31, 2007– Present	U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed to continue Lott's term
					111		Elected to finish Lott's term
					112		Elected to finish Lott's term
#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas Hill Williams	Democratic-Republican	December 10, 1817– March 4, 1829	Acting Governor of Mississippi	15	1	Elected in 1817
					16
					17
		Jackson Republican			18	2	Re-elected in 1823
		Jacksonian			19
		Jacksonian			20
2	Thomas Buck Reed	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829– November 26, 1829	Mississippi Attorney General, Also served in Mississippi's Class 1 seat	21	2	Elected in 1829 Died
			November 26, 1829– January 6, 1830
3	Robert H. Adams	Jacksonian	January 6, 1830– July 2, 1830	Mississippi House of Representatives			Elected to finish Reed's term Died
			July 2, 1830– October 15, 1830
4	George Poindexter	Jacksonian	October 15, 1830– March 4, 1835	Territorial Delegate, Territorial Attorney General, U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed to continue Adams's term Elected to finish Adams's term Lost re-election
		Anti-Jacksonian			22
		Anti-Jacksonian			23
5	Robert J. Walker	Democratic	March 4, 1835– March 5, 1845	Governor of Kansas Territory, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury	24	3	Elected in 1835
					25
					26
					27	4	Re-elected in 1841 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
					28
					29
			March 5, 1845– November 3, 1845
6	Joseph W. Chalmers	Democratic	November 3, 1845– March 4, 1847				Appointed to continue Walker's term Elected to finish Walker's term
7	Henry S. Foote	Democratic	March 4, 1847– January 8, 1852	Governor of Mississippi, Confederate House of Representatives	30	5	Elected in 1847 Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi
					31
					32
			January 8, 1852– February 18, 1852
8	Walker Brooke	Whig	February 18, 1852– March 4, 1853	Mississippi House of Representatives, Mississippi Senate, Provisional Confederate Congress			Elected to finish Foote's term Retired
			March 4, 1853– January 7, 1854		33	6
9	Albert G. Brown	Democratic	January 7, 1854– January 12, 1861	Governor of Mississippi, U.S. House of Representatives, Confederate States Senator	33		Elected late in 1854
					34
					35
					36	7	Re-elected in 1859 Withdrew
			January 12, 1861– February 23, 1870		36		American Civil War and Reconstruction
					37
					38
					39	8
					40
					41
10	Hiram Rhodes Revels	Republican	February 23, 1870– March 3, 1871	Mississippi Senate	41		Elected to finish term
			March 3, 1871– December 1, 1871		42	9
11	James L. Alcorn	Republican	December 1, 1871– March 4, 1877	Governor of Mississippi	42		Elected in 1871, but remained Governor until December 1871
					43
					44
12	Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar	Democratic	March 4, 1877– March 6, 1885	Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, U.S. House of Representatives	45	10	Elected in 1877
					46
					47
					48	11	Re-elected in 1883 Resigned
					49
			March 6, 1885– March 9, 1885
13	Edward C. Walthall	Democratic	March 9, 1885– January 24, 1894	Also served in Mississippi's Class 2 seat			Appointed to continue Lamar's term Elected to finish Lamar's term
					50
					51	12	Elected to full term in 1889 Resigned
					52
					53
			January 24, 1894– February 7, 1894
14	Anselm J. McLaurin	Democratic	February 7, 1894– March 4, 1895	Governor of Mississippi			Elected to finish Walthall's term
15	Edward C. Walthall	Democratic	March 4, 1895– April 21, 1898	Also served in Mississippi's Class 2 seat	54	13	Elected in 1895 Died
15	Edward C. Walthall	Democratic	March 4, 1895– April 21, 1898	Also served in Mississippi's Class 2 seat	55		Elected in 1895 Died
			April 21, 1898– May 31, 1898
16	William V. Sullivan	Democratic	May 31, 1898– March 4, 1901	U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed to continue Walthall's term Elected to finish Walthall's term Retired
16	William V. Sullivan	Democratic	May 31, 1898– March 4, 1901	U.S. House of Representatives	56
17	Anselm J. McLaurin	Democratic	March 4, 1901– December 22, 1909	Governor of Mississippi, Also served in Mississippi's Class 2 seat	57	14	Elected in 1900
					58
					59
					60	15	Re-elected in 1906 Died
					61
			December 22, 1909– December 27, 1909
18	James Gordon	Democratic	December 27, 1909– February 22, 1910	Mississippi House of Representatives, Mississippi Senate			Appointed to continue McLaurin's term Successor qualified
19	LeRoy Percy	Democratic	February 23, 1910– March 4, 1913	U.S. Joint Immigration Commission			Elected to finish McLaurin's term Lost nomination to full term
19	LeRoy Percy	Democratic	February 23, 1910– March 4, 1913	U.S. Joint Immigration Commission	62
20	James K. Vardaman	Democratic	March 4, 1913– March 4, 1919	Governor of Mississippi, Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives	63	16	Elected in 1912 Lost renomination
					64
					65
21	Pat Harrison	Democratic	March 5, 1919– June 22, 1941	U.S. House of Representatives, President pro tempore	66	17	Elected in 1918
					67
					68
					69	18	Re-elected in 1924
					70
					71
					72	19	Re-elected in 1930
					73
					74
					75	20	Re-elected in 1936 Died
					76
					77
			June 22, 1941– June 30, 1941
22	James Eastland	Democratic	June 30, 1941– September 28, 1941	President pro tempore			Appointed to continue Harrison's term Retired when successor elected
23	Wall Doxey	Democratic	September 29, 1941– January 3, 1943	U.S. House of Representatives, Senate Sergeant at Arms			Elected to finish Harrison's term Lost nomination to full term
24	James Eastland	Democratic	January 3, 1943– December 27, 1978	President pro tempore, Also served in Mississippi's Class 2 seat	78	21	Elected in 1942
					79
					80
					81	22	Re-elected in 1948
					82
					83
					84	23	Re-elected in 1954
					85
					86
					87	24	Re-elected in 1960
					88
					89
					90	25	Re-elected in 1966
					91
					92
					93	26	Re-elected in 1972 Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
					94
					95
25	Thad Cochran	Republican	December 27, 1978– Present	U.S. House of Representatives	95		Appointed early to finish Eastland's term, having already been elected to the next term
					96	27	Elected in 1978
					97
					98
					99	28	Re-elected in 1984
					100
					101
					102	29	Re-elected in 1990
					103
					104
					105	30	Re-elected in 1996
					106
					107
					108	31	Re-elected in 2002
					109
					110
					111	32	Re-elected in 2008
					112	32	Re-elected in 2008
#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history